Exchange 2013 CU10 Readiness Checks Error PrepareAD

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Issue: During Exchange 2013 CU10 Setup you receive the following error, Active Directory needs to be prepared for Exchange Server but the Active Directory management tools aren't installed on this computer.  Alternatively, you can run setup.exe /PrepareAd on a domain controller. Resolution: Copy the CU10 media to a domain controller, or map a drive from a domain controller to the CU10 media located on your Exchange 2013 server. Execute the following on a DC against the extracted Exchange Read more [...]

How To Rebuild Exchange 2010 Search Index

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Issue: users are complaining of emails not showing up in search and you've determined you need to rebuild Exchange 2010's search index. Steps: Launch Exchange Management Shell as administrator (right click run as administrator) type get-mailboxdatabase to get the names of the databases.  Copy the name of the database you'd like to rebuild. browse to the scripts directory by typing the following: cd\ cd "program files\microsoft\exchange server\v14\scripts" Enter the following command Read more [...]

Troubleshooting slow AD logon

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Issue: you are getting complaints from some or all users that their logon's are slow in a MS Active Directory environment Information gathering: 1) Are you using roaming profiles 2) Do you have multiple sites Solutions and what to look at: If you are using roaming profiles, check the following: - profile size of the end user, to check this open properties of the end users profile folder on the server.  If it is large, use treesize or another tool to see what is taking up all the space in the Read more [...]

Exchange 2013 how to add database copy to DAG

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The steps below will walk you through adding Databases to an Exchange DAG.  The action of adding Database copies to the DAG initiates replication between the servers storing copies of the database, increasing the availability of Exchange.  This article assumes that you have already created and configured the Exchange DAG. Use the Exchange Admin Center (EAC) to add a mailbox database copy: 1) In the EAC, go to Servers > Databases. 2) Select the database that you want add to the DAG, and Read more [...]

How to find IP address any device on network

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I wish I had discovered how to do this years ago.  Need to determine the admin IP of a firewall switch or other network device on the same switch that you are plugged into?, here is a slick way: First determine the MAC Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI), which is the first half of the MAC address.  There are various databases online to determine this by vendor/device.  Once you determine it issue the commands below (my commands have mimosa MAC as an example) Windows / DOS: arp -a Read more [...]